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Ohio DE Chris Wormley (6'4", 255 lbs): He said he'll come if the weather is good. He's been to campus enough that it's probably not a big deal.

Was hoping for a little more enthusiasm from him, especially since its neck and neck with OSU. Although, gotta love Ringer announcing the day before his confirmed visit. Woo! Thanks Tom for the update!

I'm not disputing the point you made, namely that things are neck and neck w/ OSU, I just hadn't heard that was the case. Both Scout and Rivals seem to be saying that he is still a lean for Michigan. The articles are old, but you'd think a new update would be available if there was anything otherwise.

Again, I'm not trying to call you out, I wasn't the one who negged you, I was just curious what you were basing your opinion on other than the fact that the kid comes from Ohio and has offers from both schools.

OSU's blog did a recap of the different prospects and here's what they had to say about Wormley:

DL Chris Wormley, Toledo Whitmer, 6-5/250
Another Buckeye vs UM match-up and this one is interesting. Wormley grew up a Michigan fan, but Jim Tressel and the staff gained a big edge early as they out-recruited Rich Rod's staff by a ton. Brady Hoke and Greg Mattison have helped even up again, but OSU may have a nice x-factor in teammate and close family friend, Kenny Hayes. With a gun to my head today I say Michigan but this could go either way and won't end anytime soon.

Interesting that Michigan is recruiting Mahone as a defensive back instead of running back. Not alot of gamebreakers at RB for us, and Mahone has some pretty good offers (ND, PSU, Iowa), but I dunno if other teams are targeting him solely at RB or at defensive back. All our eggs into the Wes Brown basket?

I hope its the former and not the latter. The kids a hell of a player and if I recall correctly, I thought I remembered reading that he had mutual interest in us too? Well, I guess if we miss out on Vincent we still might have a shot at landing another big time Illinois DT in Tommy Schutt, although, I heard he was a PSU fan...yuck!!

to exclusively recruit from the midwest now. Don't get me wrong-there's plenty of talent here-but everyone on this list is midwest except for one NJ guy. I hate not seeing a single Texas, California, Florida or southern state kid represented.

I'm sure someone will come up with some defensive comment here. I'm sure we haven't stopped recruiting elsewhere entirely, but I'm not seing too much interest coming back our way so far.

It's not always possible for kids from outside the midwest to purchase a plane ticket (hell, even gas money these days) at this point to come in from TX, CA, or FL for a practice. If the kids aren't coming in from outside the area for official visits, when the school can buy them the ticket, then you may have a point.

No

IN OL Tony SpringmannGA WR Justin Scott
FL DE Anthony Rabasa
PA DB Kyshoen Jarrett - No, as of now. Family might decide to come, but no for now.
OH S Ron Tanner - He has baseball.
OH DE Robert Mincey - No, he'll be at Toledo. No offer, not sure if he'll get one.
OH DT Kevin Williams - He'll be at Nebraska, for their spring game. He was recently at Michigan for one of the practices. It seems like it's down to Nebraska and Michigan. He'll make his choice shortly after the 17th

NC LB Kris Frost - No. His family waited too long to buy tickets, so they were too expensive when they went to buy them. He's NOT going to Auburn's spring game over Michigan's, he's going to Auburn's because it's only 6 hours away. He figures he might as well go somewhere, if he can't make it to Michigan. They are trying to find another time to make it up.

AR QB Kiehl Frazier (2011) - No for the spring game. I spoke with his father, though, and they're really excited about Michigan. He said they DEFINITELY plan on making a trip to Ann Arbor. They really like Coach Smith, and are excited to see Michigan.

NJ WR Damiere Byrd - Track Meets

Maybe

MI RB Justice Hayes is going to try to make it. Not positive yet.
OH TE Ray Hamilton - There's a "strong possibility" that he'll be there. Not definite.
OH OL Aundrey Walker - Doesn't know for sure yet. It's still a possibility.
OH WR Shaq Washington - Going to try to make it. He doesn't have an offer, but Michigan is one of the few schools he's hoping to get an offer from. He thinks he fits the offense really well.
OL Matt Frazier - Didn't end up making it to practice the other week. He fell ill, and couldn't make it. He's either coming for the spring game, or one of the early games of the season. Most likely a game, though.

We did not end up signing a single recruit of those guys who you have highlighted. Granted, some of those were misses that all UofM fans would wish to have i.e. Kris Frost, D Hart, Dallas Crawford, but it doesn't seem like there can be any correlation drawn (at least from this year and last year) between guys coming up for the spring game from far away and recruits signing.

Maybe the point I'm trying to get to has been lost in my way too wordy post, but basically I'm trying to say that I don't think it makes a big deal at all where the recruits are coming from for our Spring Game. We are going to get our guys in the end.

Hopefully the weekend starts off right commits from Ringer and Thompson. No mentions of Danny Obrien or Matt Godin is a little odd. However, this list of guys is impressive and i'm exited to see how this class turns out.

I have been waiting for some news on him. I have been looking at our RB situation and think T. Rawls definitely has a chance to impress. These transition years are often the times when a freshman back can come in and make an impact. As I too am from the Flint Area, I'm really hoping he can take advantage of this opportunity.

Indiana ATH David Perkins (6'2", 209 lbs): He might make it up, but he might go check out another spring game instead. Another spring game.... seems like a diss. He didn't say, no man i won't be able to make it... hes says, "i might go check out another spring game instead." does'nt sound good. Kid shouldn't be rubbing anyone off. Impressions follow us where ever we go

If these [first] impressions follow us where ever we go, then I'm going to remember you as the guy that didn't speak to a teenage kid but is hating on him for visiting another schools' spring game from which he has an offer.

First post here, long time reader, I'm glad to see the quality of visitors coming up this Saturday. Getting the Big 3 on campus, yet again, is a big plus and the more the visit, the better it has to look for Michigan. Getting guys like Diamond and Funchess on campus for the spring game is also huge, because seeing the new style of play, both offensively and defensively could go a long way with "toss up" guys. The strides this new staff has made in recruiting is tremendous, and let's just hope we continue to see the strides progess into leaps and bounds come signing day.

While I am excited about the guys who are attending the Spring Game, I must admit that I am equally worried about our need for a Top Tier RB in this recruiting class... I wish that Donovan Roberts or I'Tavius Mathers were listed as a Spring Game attendee, or for that matter any of the other RB's we've offered thus far. Bottom line is that I see RB as a top priority... someone who, two to three years down the road, will help Gardner get us into a BCS bowl game.